26th December,2023,Mumbai: India skipper Rohit Sharma had some time off from cricket after the catastrophe in Ahmedabad. India, in the wake of dominating 10 matches in succession at the 2023 ODI World Cup in far reaching style, were scattered by Australia in the last at the Narendra Modi Arena last month. Throughout the following 36 days, as Indian cricket moved their concentration from the World Cup misfortune to preparing for the T20 World Cup in June one year from now, Rohit stayed the cynosure. With the 36-year-old on a break from T20I cricket for more than a year, conversations started on who might or ought to lead India in the following ICC occasion in the event that Rohit chooses to resign from the configuration. On Monday, before the two-match Test series in South Africa, which will be Rohit’s most memorable global game since the ODI World Cup last, he tended to the captaincy issue with a saucy reaction.
Last Time Rohit Played T20 in November 2022
Last time Rohit played a T20I game for India was back in November 2022, in India’s elimination round misfortune to Britain in the T20 World Cup in Australia. With 2023 being an ODI World Cup year, it was justifiable that Rohit, and Virat Kohli zeroed in on the 50-over organization to end India’s well established dry spell for an ICC prize. Yet, with the competition over, the two stalwarts were supposed to get back to the most limited design, while possibly not in the Australia T20I series at home that promptly followed, essentially for the three matches against South Africa. Be that as it may, Rohit and Kohli broadened their break period, which started conversations on whether the team will get back to the configuration, subsequently prompting conversations on who will lead India in the 2024 T20 World Cup
Hardik Pandya’s Role
Hardik Pandya, who has been the informal T20I captain for India in Rohit’s nonappearance, was promoted for the critical job. Be that as it may, with the all-rounder put with a lower leg injury since the ODI World Cup, and vulnerability over his return date, Suryakumar Yadav, who drove India against Australia and South Africa over the most recent two months, was additionally upheld for the job.
On Sunday, as Rohit tended to the media interestingly since the World Cup misfortune, in Centurion, the India captain was inquired as to whether there is a franticness to win the T20 World Cup, in light of the 36-year-old’s explanation where he referenced that the group is exceptionally anxious to dominate a major event or a series.
Rohit on His Captaincy
“Franticness is to play cricket, everybody believes should get along admirably and play every one of the games. Everybody will get their chance…” Rohit got going, yet after understanding that the media was searching for an affirmation on his captaincy job for the T20 World Cup, he stopped for some time and added: “Mujhe pata hai kya bolna chahate ho aap, jawab milega aapko uska (I understand what you need to say and you will get to know everything very soon). The reaction left journalists at the SuperSport Park in parts.
India will play their last T20I series the World Cup in the second seven day stretch of January, against Afghanistan and Rohit could be getting back in the saddle to the organization in that challenge with Hardik and Suryakumar to purportedly miss the three matches attributable to their separate wounds.
By Sapna Meena